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dusty fabric. He noticed that the layers of handkerchief became sold with the dust particles that he was sucking up. For a chain of rather arbitrary reasons, Mr. Booth eventually decided to apply his ideas to large mobile truck vacuum machines that could be wheeled from place to place, but had to remain outdoors. These were powered with gas powered engines and never became very popular.

Walter Griffiths invented a manually powered vacuum cleaner in Birmingham, England that was easy to store, quite portable and simple enough to operate, provided you had some measure of hand-eye coordination and dexterity, as the user would have to continually depress the connected bellows in order to create the vacuum current. Many people believe this invention should be considered the first representation of what ended up being considered the modern vacuum cleaner.

Then in 1906 James Spangler who was a janitor in Ohio invented an electric vacuum cleaner from a box, a fan and a pillowcase. Spangler’s vacuum machine also incorporated the use of a rotating brush to help loosen debris from the carpet or upholstery fabric being cleaned.

Of course we’ve nearly all heard of Hoover, but did you know that Hoover got its idea for the modern vacuum cleaner from Mr. James Murray Spangler? Yes indeed. In 1908 Mr. Spangler sold his vacuum design to the then named “Hoover Harness and Leather Goods Factory” which belonged to his cousin.

Of course the name Hoover is still popular today as representing one of the largest and most popular manufacturers and brands of vacuum cleaners today. Nearly all the vacuum companies sell a variety of vacuums in the following classes: upright, canister, wet vacs and wet / dry vacs, backpack vacuums, handheld and robotic vacuums such as the Roomba.